Passport Department requests to lift ban

20/10/2017

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 19: The Passport Department intends to request the Information Systems Department to lift the block on old passports with more than three years for expiry in order to enable the holders of those passports to replace them with the new electronic ones, reports Al-Shahed daily quoting informed sources.

They said the deadline for the work on the old passports is June 2018 and this applies to the special and diplomat passports. The work on other types of passports will continue until the end of 2018. The sources indicated that they are expecting the Passport Department to accept all renewal requests despite the validity period.